Decorative Fonts

LTC Ornamental Initials

Post author:Lanston Type Companystaff
Post published:February 25, 2020
Post category:decorative

Little is known of the origin of these decorative Initial Caps. Series 448 at 24 point were a different design from the 36 point on which this digital version is…

LTC Pabst Oldstyle

Post author:Lanston Type Companystaff
Post published:February 25, 2020
Post category:decorative

This lettering was used by the Pabst Brewing Company for their promotional materials. It was later developed into type for ATF. Frederic Goudy later licensed Pabst Oldstyle to the Lanston…

Black Market

Post author:URW Type Foundrystaff
Post published:February 25, 2020
Post category:decorative

DTC Black Market is best used for price tags and signs in shops, especially in stores and markets.

Caxtonian Black

Post author:URW Type Foundrystaff
Post published:2012
Post category:decorative

Coen Hofmann has rediscovered Blackletter font design and enriches URW’s FontForum with two new and very beautiful fonts: Caxtonian Black and Holland Gothic. Caxtonian Black is a remarkable classical Fraktur…

CS Takahashi

Post author:URW Type Foundrystaff
Post published:February 25, 2020
Post category:decorative

CS are the initials of Carsten Strinkau, a young German graphic and type designer who studied in Hamburg. CS Takashi is a hommage to the Japanese Manga artist Katsuhiro Otomo…